UK ‘Almost Certain’ to See Fresh Food Shortage Despite France Border Reopening

UK ‘Almost Certain’ to See Fresh Food Shortage Despite France Border Reopening
A shopper wearing a face mask pushes a trolley past empty fruit and vegetable troughs inside an ASDA supermarket in Walthamstow in northeast London, on Dec. 22, 2020. Tolga Akmen /AFP via Getty Images
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British consumers are “almost certain” to see their fresh food supplies impacted by the continuing disruptions in cross-Channel traffic caused by the two-day French border closure, a business group warned on Wednesday.

France ended its ban on UK arrivals on Wednesday morning, but the disruptions continue as the backlog is set to take several days to clear.